Quote Originally Posted by tailchaser
I like electric car tinkerers. I just wish they'd stop using conventional drive trains and bolt motors straight to the hubs. Think how much fun a 2200 pound Miata with a 20kw motor at each corner would be!
Hell yeah! My friend is a top engineer for the Armoured Vehicle Division for the DOD and they did some projects using electric motors directly to the hubs. Can't remember what type of motors they used but he said they made near 1000 lb of instant tq! They kept breaking axles!